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Every year the Shaw Trust publishes the ‘Power 100’ list – featuring the 100 most influential disabled people in the UK. And this year one of our #ALLin Ambassadors (Melissa Johns) and one of our regular contributors …

With 11 Hollywood Actors and Actresses, 2 Cabinet Ministers, 1 Shadow Minister, 10 MPs and 2 Coronation Street Stars .. and countless others from around the Globe becoming #ALLin Ambassadors our movement is gaining momentum every day. …

The Alzheimer’s Society has called for ‘Knitters to unite against dementia and make Dementia Cannula Sleeves’. Here is what they have said. “People with dementia often find fiddling with material a helpful way to relieve feelings of …

Figures obtained by the charity United Response show Disability hate crimes in England and Wales surged by a third last year. 32 of the 43 police forces which responded to a Freedom of Information request showed a …

Melissa Johns is an actress best known for her role as ‘Imogen’ in Coronation Street. Her casting in 2017 in Coronation Street made the national press because of her disability – and highlighted the under-representation …

During Hospice Care Week (8-14 October) the Woking & Sam Beare Hospice have been out and about asking what hospice care really means. The Woking & Sam Beare Hospice teamed up with Radio Jackie who interviewed some …

All flour is to be fortified with folic acid after ministers decided to back a plan that medical experts say will reduce the number of babies born in the UK with serious birth defects. Folic …

Penny Melville-Brown from Hampshire is living proof that many people under-estimate what blind people can do. Research published by the Royal National Institute of Blind People found that ‘half of UK adults think that people with sight …

Hollywood Photos, Hollywood Headshots and Hollywood Challenges. And #ALLin matters with Actress Eileen Grubba and Photographer Peggy Warny. A meeting between Eileen Grubba and Peggy Warny talking all things Hollywood. And the challenges, and the fight for …

Doctors in England, Scotland and Wales will soon be able to prescribe cannabis derived medicine in less than a month. And this comes from no less an authority than the Home Secretary, Sajid Javid. Sajid Javid …